All That Jazz: New Warm and Cold Approaches to Dichroic Glass by Donald Friedlich

Dates: July 9-16, 2023
Technique: Cold Working, kiln forming, slumping into custom made molds, sandblasting
Level: All Levels. No glassworking experience is required.
Duration: One-Week Session
Class size: Limited to just 6 students
Price: $975

A full foundation of cold working processes will be established including inventive approaches to sandblasting. From there, move to slumping and use the versatile and affordable Cricut Cutter machine to make custom drop-out molds and use borosilicate sheet glass as a tool to slump 96 COE glass (Yes, that's possible). UV-cured and epoxy adhesives will also be covered.
By working small, one can efficiently investigate new ideas, acquire broader skills, and make forms that can be studies for larger work or finished as jewelry. This week will be rich with information that’s relevant for the beadmaker, glass jeweler, and sculptor alike, and we’ll have some laughs along the way.


About the teacher:
A graduate of RISD, Don Friedlich has been a leading figure in contemporary jewelry for four decades. He served as President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). His jewelry has been shown in museums all over the world and is in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Schmuckmuseum, the Corning Museum of Glass, and many others. Don has lectured at more than 60 schools and conferences internationally, taught at Haystack, Penland and The Studio, and been an artist-in-residence at The Studio of the CMOG, Canberra School of Art in Australia, Pittsburgh Glass Center, and California College of Art, among others.

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